MonicaPiece4

The cavemen had their art, the Native Americans had their smoke signals, and I had handwritten notes, so why does teen texting grate on me? It is just an electronic note right, a new improved means of communication? I mean who really needs to capitalize “I” – it is presumptuous anyway. As for grammar, well, we //talk good// most of the time, so really there is no need to slow down and fix a message. “Love your baby” and “Love, your baby” are the exact same words minus the unnecessary key stroke which only slows the texter down. How can anyone be confused by three little words? My friends know what I mean, and isn’t communication supposed to be with friends and not //unfriended// people, seriously who wants to chat with people who judge you for your writing instead of your ideas, aren’t ideas the most important thing – really you can’t get confused by poor grammar, now can you? After careful thought, I can see how texting would… be grate? Be great? Ah, forget it, B GR8. I can’t totally trash teen texting and leave out the equally aggravating counterpart, adult emailing. My school mailbox is filled every morning with emails brimming with news, reminders, and misspellings. Misspelling, it’s something we all do; however, it is inexcusable when it happens in an email. In fact, I would hazard to say misspelling is the nemesis of good electronic communication. The most frustrating thing is that a defense exists to protect emails against such travesties. It’s a button called “Check Spelling” cloaked in red and sitting on the right side of the email box, but does anyone heed its offer of help? It would appear not. Most of the time email spelling is so skewed that one has to pool the powers of context cluing to save the message from certain and impending doom. I am sure that many a well-intended message has been deemed meaningless after a myriad of villainous typos and misspellings have laid waste to them. It starts with one, let that one be you, use the spell check.
 * Communication 2Day**